Template:Country data Confederate States of America

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Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Confederate States of America`	Main article name (Confederate States of America)
`shortname alias`	`Confederate States`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1861a`		`Flag of the Confederate States of America (March 1861 – May 1861).svg`
`1861b`		`Flag of the Confederate States of America (May 1861 – July 1861).svg`
`1861c`		`Flag of the Confederate States of America (July 1861 – November 1861).svg`
`1861`		`Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg`
`1863`		`Flag of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg`
`naval`		`Naval ensign of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg`
`marines`		`Flag of the Confederate States Marine Corps.svg`
`navy`		`Confederate Navy Jack (light blue).svg`
`army`		`Battle flag of the Confederate States of America.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flag country\|alias}}` output
`CSA` (view)	CSA	Confederate States
`C.S.A.` (view)	C.S.A.	Confederate States
`Confederate States` (view)	Confederate States	Confederate States
`CS` (view)	CS	Confederate States
`C.S.` (view)	C.S.	Confederate States

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Confederate States of America}} → Confederate States of America
{{flag icon|Confederate States of America}} →
{{flag country|Confederate States of America}} → Confederate States

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Confederate States of America|1861a}} → Confederate States of America
{{flag icon|Confederate States of America|1861a}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|CSA}} →
{{flag country|CSA}} → Confederate States
{{flag|CSA}} → CSA

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|Confederate States of America}} → Confederate States Navy
{{flag icon|Confederate States of America|naval}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

{{marines|Confederate States of America}} → Confederate States Marine Corps
{{flag icon|Confederate States of America|marines}} →

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|Confederate States of America}} → Confederate States Navy
{{flag icon|Confederate States of America|navy}} →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Confederate States of America}} → Confederate States Army
{{flag icon|Confederate States of America|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Confederate States of America in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Confederate States of America

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flag icon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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